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Goldstein, Gordon M.

Lessons in disaster : McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam / Gordon M. Goldstein. - 1st ed. - New York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2008. - xiii, 300 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-284) and index.

Drawing on prodigious research as well as the interviews and analysis he has conducted with former National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, Goldstein offers this revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

ISBN: 9780805079715 0805079718

LCCN: 2008033291

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bundy, McGeorge.
Bundy, McGeorge--Political and social views.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
National Security Council (United States)--History--20th century.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Causes.
Political consultants--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Staff--United States--Biography.
National security--History--United States--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.
Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Decision making.--1961-1963
United States--Foreign relations--Decision making.--1963-1969

LC Class. No.: E183.8.V5 / G64 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 327.730597